Can Malaysia take the lead?

We need your help! You’ve already been a hugely important part of our Commonwealth campaign calling for the adoption of an anti-slavery agenda. Will you join us in taking the next step?
 
Call on the Malaysian Prime Minister, as the future Chair of the Commonwealth, to support the adoption of an anti-slavery agenda.
 
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is happening in April 2018. We’ve been doing all we can to raise the profile of the issue of modern slavery with Commonwealth countries and encourage them to adopt a firm anti-slavery mandate at CHOGM. Already, Malta and the UK, who are the current and upcoming Chair of the Commonwealth, have publicly called for more to be done to address modern slavery. As a future Chair of the Commonwealth, Malaysia is in a crucial position to influence other Commonwealth countries to join this call.
 
The Global Slavery Index reports that there are 128,800 individuals trapped in modern slavery in Malaysia, ranking it at 29 out of 167 countries.[1] This means that Prime Minister Najib Raza should have a keen interest in doing all he can to tackle the problem. However, so far he has remained quiet on the issue.

Help us call on Malaysia to be an active advocate against modern slavery in the Commonwealth by sending an email to the Prime Minister.
 
Together, we can make modern slavery a priority issue in the Commonwealth.
 
In solidarity,
 
Zoe, Joanna, Miriam and the Freedom United Team